gnuchess software package provides Plays a game of chess, either against the user or against itself, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gnuchess
gnuchess is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gnuchess package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gnuchess *
You will get with gnuchess package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Games |
| Package | gnuchess |
| Version | 6.1.2-1+b1 [s390x], 6.1.2-1 [a |
| Description | Plays a game of chess, either against the user or against itself |
| Sub Section | Games |